Editor's review

VIP CD Ripper is definitely the kind of utility which shouldn’t be absent from no music fan’s software arsenal. It is designed to perform high-quality conversion of your audio CDs into all the main formats you might need: MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, RIFF.

Features: VIP CD Ripper is a CD ripper as the name itself suggests. It can rip audio CD tracks into many popular formats including MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV and RIFF. It is easy to work with and even beginners can get productive soon. Even for a complete novice all it takes to convert the collection of CDs is a few clicks on the computer. A complete CD is ripped in minutes. Experienced users have controls to set a lot of parameters that can be tweaked to achieve the quality you want. The preview player lets you listen to the processing results right after the conversion.
The conversion process is supported by a robust sound processing engine that makes flawless conversion. The interface controls use icons that are intuitive and unambiguous. Complete information about the CD`s that you rip are downloaded from CDDB database and ID3 tag is completely updated so that searching for a track or an album later is no problems at all. There`s a independent sound recorder also available. Time limited recording or free length encoding features are available. In the free length encoding you`ll need to stop the recording specifically. Setting up quality, minimum bit rate, maximum bit rate and nominal bit rate are available to have complete control on the recording/ripping quality.

Overall: A ripper that has a nice set of features, good to have around. It`d have been nice to have music organizing features included.

Publisher's description

VIP CD Ripper is definitely the kind of utility which shouldn't be absent from no music fan's software arsenal. It is designed to perform high-quality conversion of your audio CDs into all the main formats you might need: MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, RIFF. This program has user-friendliness written all over. VIP CD Ripper is not only easy to work with and good-looking but is also fast and reliable - it completely extracts a CD in minutes.
With this application you are given a wide-ranging liberty in terms of adjusting the settings to fit various quality features of the music. Apart from all the features you have the built-in VIP player so you can listen right away to those tracks you love so much.
Don't worry if you're one of those people for whom "software" is a scary word - it will only take you a click of a button to virtually transfer all the music you have relentlessly collected over the years on CDs to your enormously more convenient computer.
The highly intuitive interface is bound to make this converting experience all the more pleasant and effortless through the use of clear icons whose purpose is unmistaken. VIP CD Ripper keeps "under the hood" a strong sound engine, which will extract tracks at a high speed and quality.
VIP CD Ripper comes with support for CDDB and ID3 tagging - meaning that users can automatically download CD track info and save it in the encoded file.
The program offers even a recording sound files tool. Time-limited recording is enabled as well as free length encoding (after pressing Record, you must click Stop to end recording). Additionally, you can designate the output encoder. It also includes DLL allowing you to specify special items such as quality, minimum bit rate, maximum bit rate, nominal bit rate.
In brief, VIP CD Ripper is a generously featured sound tool, the one you need to grab CDs and convert audio files.
VIP CD Ripper is totally free and clean!